The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 307 [Family] and [Koi] (5k)

The following morning, the mountaintop villa was shrouded in a light mist.

The sky in the distance was turning a pale white, and a few rays of morning light pierced through the thin mist and filtered into the bedroom through the gauze curtains, adding a touch of warmth to this early spring morning.

Gu Heng woke up from his sleep, looked at the familiar ceiling, and felt a sense of peace.

Turning her head slightly to look to the side, Jiang Ruan, who had been "working hard" all night, was still fast asleep, her fair arms gently wrapped around Gu Heng's neck. After what happened last night, she was now showing an astonishing dependence on Gu Heng.

Looking at Jiang Ruan's exquisite and refined face, Gu Heng felt a pang of tenderness in his eyes and gently tucked the stray hairs from her forehead.

I glanced at the time; it was 7:30 in the morning.

Nearly two months later, feeling the warmth of a gentle embrace again, Gu Heng didn't rush to get up. Instead, he planned to lie in bed for a while longer and check the system notifications he hadn't had time to look at last night.

[Host: Gu Heng]

[Age: 18 years old]

[Assets: Zhencui Group, Beichun Junlan Hotel, Ruyi Airlines, Xingchuan International Group]

[“Golden Pagoda of Wealth” Unlocked Level: Level 2]

[“Scepter of Power” Unlocked Level: Tier 1]

[Buff "Eternal Day Engine": Intermediate]

[Buff "Profound and Steadfast": Beginner]

The "Conquer" challenge has been completed.

["Male God Conditioner" available for collection]

The "Family" feature is yet to be enabled.

……

Gu Heng looked at the personal panel displayed on the system interface and at the system notification that was flashing with a faint light at the end, and felt a little excited.

After more than half a year, the challenge of "Conquer" has finally been completed.

Gu Heng looked at the system notification that was flashing with a faint light. It was clear that the [Male God Hair Conditioner] was the stage reward for reaching 100% completion of the [Conquest] challenge, while the [Family] function was the final reward for the [Conquest] challenge.

As soon as Gu Heng made a thought, the system immediately responded.

[Host has successfully received "Male God Hair Conditioner"]

[Male God Hair Conditioner: After use, it can permanently keep the host's hair soft and shiny, maximize the thickness of the hair, nourish the scalp, eliminate dandruff, and reduce scalp oil.]

[May I ask if the host uses it? 】

Gu Heng saw the numerous prompts that popped up on the system screen and was very satisfied with the final reward in the "Conquer" challenge mission, the "Male God Series."

Whether you're a man or a woman, hair has a crucial impact on your appearance.

The same face will look younger and more energetic on people with thick hair than on people with thin hair, receding hairlines, or obvious partings.

In modern society, most people experience varying degrees of hair loss anxiety as they age, and they will spend more or less money to save their hairline and regain thick hair.

Once, when Gu Heng was drinking and chatting with Wang Yan and others in Zhonghai, Gu Heng asked them a question.

As an international metropolis, Zhonghai attracts a large influx of young women every year. As top-tier second-generation rich kids in China, what methods do Wang Yan and his friends use to quickly distinguish between a genuine socialite and a fake one when faced with so many beautiful women?

To this question, Wang Yan and others all gave the same two words—

hair!

The reason is simple: it's difficult to achieve a head of smooth, shiny black hair without any dryness or frizz. It can only be achieved through the care and maintenance that comes with consistent financial investment.

The cost of a single luxury hair care treatment for true socialites and top socialites could be the same as the price of an LV or CHANEL bag, and they would have such treatments two to three times a month.

In comparison, no matter how well those fake socialites package themselves to resemble real socialites or how exquisitely they present their social media profiles, Wang Yan and his group can tell at a glance what kind of person a girl really is once they meet her in person.

Every month, tens of thousands of yuan are thrown into hair products, and every year, a Mercedes-Benz E300 is spent on hair products. Even if those fake socialites and gold diggers had money, they wouldn't be willing to spend it, because such consumption is simply beyond their means.

This demonstrates just how important hair is to a person's appearance, image, temperament, and even social status.

Although Gu Heng is still young and doesn't have hair loss anxiety now, no one can guarantee that he won't experience hairline problems and hair loss anxiety like most men when he turns thirty or forty. After all, male pattern baldness is a common phenomenon among men.

Gu Heng's thoughts raced as he mentally confirmed the use of the "Male God Hair Conditioner".

The next second, Gu Heng felt a cool sensation on his scalp, as if countless tiny hands were gently pressing and kneading it, and it felt as if countless moist essences were drilling into his scalp.

That feeling was a thousand times more pleasurable than taking a long bath in the Tianmu Hot Spring and having a beautiful, lithe young woman massage his hair with her soft, boneless hands. It was simply the ultimate enjoyment.

The whole process lasted about twenty minutes, and the comfortable feeling almost lulled Gu Heng, who had just woken up, back to sleep.

After using the "Male God Hair Conditioner," Gu Heng gently lifted Jiang Ruan's arm with extremely soft movements, then quietly rolled out of bed and walked into the master bedroom bathroom.

Standing in front of the mirror, Gu Heng brought his head close to it.

Sometimes she would gently tug at her hair, and sometimes she would run her fingers through it.

Normally, guys tend to be very oily when they wake up after a night's sleep.

However, Gu Heng's hair was clean, smooth, and uncluttered. After running his fingers through his hair, his palms felt completely free of any greasiness.

When Gu Heng got close to the mirror, he could clearly see that many places on his scalp that originally had no hair follicles now had many fine, soft hairs.

In addition, Gu Heng felt that his hair quality had improved a lot.

Gu Heng's hair was originally the kind that was soft and fine at the roots, but after using the [Male God Hair Conditioner], his hair became noticeably stronger, and even the fine roots became much thicker.

"Anything produced by Tong is guaranteed to be of the highest quality."

"Great, great, I don't have to worry about hair loss anymore."

After observing carefully, Gu Heng nodded secretly, feeling quite satisfied.

Afterwards, he quickly washed his face and brushed his teeth, then tiptoed out of the master suite bathroom. Seeing that Jiang Ruan was still fast asleep, he left the master suite and went to the study next door.

Gu Heng looked at the [Familiar] function on the system's virtual screen, which was flashing with light and indicating that it was ready to be activated. He took a deep breath and, without any further hesitation, chose to activate it.

The system's virtual light screen changed instantly, and even the background turned pink.

[Host: Gu Heng]

[Current spouse and family members: Jiang Ruan, Luo Xiwen, Xu Mo]

[Proposed spouses: Lin Qingge, Feng Yao]

……

[Family Member: Jiang Ruan]

[Loyalty: 100%]

[Age: 24 years old]

[Physical condition: Healthy]

Offspring: None

Current rating: C

Current growth and development fund: 5000 million

[Growth Direction and Development Potential: Management (S), Fashion (A), Art (A), Sports (B)]

[Growth ceiling: S-rank]

……

[Family Member: Rosie Wen]

[Loyalty: 100%]

[Age: 26 years old]

[Physical condition: Healthy]

Offspring: None

Current Level: B

[Current Growth and Development Fund: 2 million] [Growth Directions and Development Potential: Finance (S), Law (B), Fashion (B), Management (B), Culinary Arts (B)]

[Growth ceiling: S-rank]

……

[Family Member: Hsu Mo]

[Loyalty: 100%]

[Age: 18 years old]

[Physical condition: Healthy]

Offspring: None

Current rating: C

Current growth and development fund: 5000 million

[Growth Path and Development Potential: Culinary Arts (A), Medicine (B), Psychology (B), Handicrafts (B)]

Hidden Talent: "Lucky Koi"

【"Koi": The graceful movement of koi symbolizes abundant good fortune. Those favored by koi can share in its flowing blessings, boundless good luck, and smooth sailing in all endeavors, with all their wishes fulfilled.】

[Growth Cap: A-level]

……

Countless pieces of information appeared one after another on the system's virtual screen, making Gu Heng's eyes dazzled for a moment.

It is obvious that Tongzi's father's definition of "family members" is Gu Heng's women.

However, judging from the existing and prospective relatives, it seems that only those women who have given their virginity to Gu Heng will be included in the scope of his relatives. Otherwise, if calculated based on the number of relationships they have had, the number of Gu Heng's prospective relatives would probably be ten times greater.

As for the difference between existing and prospective family members, Gu Heng guessed that it should lie in loyalty. Judging from the fact that the "family member" function was only successfully activated after Jiang Ruan's loyalty reached 100%, it seems that only when Gu Heng and his women's loyalty to him reaches 100% will they move from the prospective family member category to the existing family member category, thus officially starting the growth and training mode.

Current level, growth funds, growth direction, development potential, hidden talents, growth cap...

The information was so complex that Gu Heng could only vaguely understand it.

Each dependent has an independent personal panel, which lists a variety of information representing that dependent's personal circumstances.

"Dad, could you give me some information?"

Gu Heng tentatively asked his father, "What do these proper nouns mean?"

Just as Gu Heng conveyed his meaning through his thoughts, the system's virtual screen flashed slightly, concisely explaining the many uses of the [Family] function to Gu Heng, allowing him to better understand this function.

According to the explanation given by the father of the lord, the current level of each family member represents what stage that family member has reached in their growth.

For example, if Luo Xiwen's current level is B, it means that among her many growth paths, the potential of one of them has been realized, reaching the B-level level as judged by the system's father.

The standard for judging Tongzi's father is to select the best from among many.

Each member's current rank and growth potential are corresponding, and from highest to lowest they are: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C.

The current level represents her current growth level.

Growth potential represents her highest potential for future growth in different growth directions.

Among the many growth paths available to Jiang Ruan, the one with the greatest potential is management. This means that as long as Gu Heng guides, develops, and cultivates Jiang Ruan in the direction of management, and she progresses step by step, she can eventually be upgraded to the S level.

As your companions level up, you will receive different amounts of growth and training funds.

The growth and development fund for Rank C is 50 million, for Rank B it is 200 million, for Rank A it is 500 million, and for Rank S it is 5 billion. However, once you reach Rank S, the growth and development fund skyrockets to an extremely exaggerated level, with Rank S growth and development fund reaching a staggering 5 billion, a tenfold increase.

The growth and development funds for S-level were already so extravagant, let alone the higher-level SS-level and SSS-level. However, the system father only gave Gu Heng the amount of growth and development funds for S-level, but did not tell him the amount of growth and development funds for SS-level and SSS-level.

It's unclear whether it's because none of Gu Heng's current family members have the growth potential to reach SS level or above, or because his father, the "Child's Father," is worried that Gu Heng is too ambitious and, once he learns about the growth and development funds for SS level and above, he will no longer be able to focus on personal growth and career development.

Even so, the S-level growth and development fund is still amazing enough.

With a total of 5 billion in growth and development funds poured into one person, how far can that person grow?
It's almost unbelievable. Even the daughters of those international conglomerates probably don't spend nearly 5 billion dollars from childhood to adulthood.

Speaking of which, it's worth mentioning that...

The funds for each family member's upbringing and development will all be transferred to an offshore family trust company called [Nirvana Bloom Trust], headquartered in Singapore. According to the information just provided by Tongzi's father, the trustee and protector of this offshore family trust company are currently awaiting change. Gu Heng can then send senior managers from Zhaode Heritage to handle the change procedures.

Nirvana Bloom Trust: Nirvana symbolizes spiritual freedom and represents Nirvana in Sanskrit, while Bloom represents blossoming and growth. The two words together represent the concept of "blooming freely from the inside out," which complements the nurturing function of the [retinue].

Within the Nirvana Bloom Trust offshore family trust company, each family member has an independent account. For example, if Jiang Ruan's current growth and development fund is 5000 million, then her independent account in the trust will have 5000 million, and in comparison, Luo Xiwen will have 2 million.

Gu Heng has the right to freely dispose of the growth and development funds in each family member's independent account. Gu Heng can use these funds for various expenses of the family members, but they can only be used for the family members and cannot be used for other purposes.

In addition, this trust company is equipped with comprehensive facilities and offers a wide range of high-end exclusive services comparable to those of the world's top private banks. All of these services are free and are only available to Gu Heng's family members.

Gu Heng carefully read through all the information given to him by the system father. Finally, he took a deep breath and felt that the system father had not opened up a new function for him, but rather a new subsystem, a subsystem specifically for managing all women.

After thoroughly understanding the [Family] function, Gu Heng turned his attention back to the personal panels of Jiang Ruan, Luo Xiwen, and Xu Mo.

According to Tongzi's father's assessment and analysis, Jiang Ruan and Luo Xiwen's growth ceiling is S-level. Among them, Luo Xiwen's greatest potential growth direction is finance. Gu Heng was not too surprised by this, because Luo Xiwen was originally a top student who graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. After graduation, he performed exceptionally well in the China Merchants Bank system and was eventually transferred to the private banking department by the provincial branch.

Judging from his current level, Luo Xiwen has already gained some initial insight into the field of finance, while Jiang Ruan's greatest potential for growth lies in management, which is something Gu Heng did not expect.

Jiang Ruan, with her aloof and icy goddess-like demeanor, actually has the potential to become a manager?

As Gu Heng thought about this, an image of a queen inexplicably appeared in his mind.

seemingly……

It's pretty cool!
Luo Xiwen is now on the right path of development, and Gu Heng only needs to provide appropriate guidance and training. But how should he guide Jiang Ruan onto the right path?

Should we bring her into the group and train her?

Or should we acquire a separate company for her to operate?
It seems that neither of these two methods is quite suitable for Jiang Ruan.

Gu Heng thought about it for a while, but when he couldn't come up with any ideas, he stopped thinking about it.

Anyway, there's plenty of time in the future, so there's no rush.

Finally, Gu Heng turned his gaze to Xu Mo's personal panel.

Compared to Luo Xiwen and Jiang Ruan's growth ceiling of S-level, Xu Mo's growth ceiling is only A-level, and her greatest potential growth direction is actually in the field of cooking.

Although Xu Mo may seem far inferior to Jiang Ruan, Gu Heng believes that Xu Mo, who possesses the hidden talent of "Koi," is priceless and cannot be described by ordinary standards.

What is a koi fish?

Koi fish flutter gracefully, bringing waves of good fortune!
When they first met, Gu Heng was amazed by Xu Mo's good luck, but he never expected that Xu Mo was actually born with a lucky charm, and that her luck far exceeded Gu Heng's imagination.

It's important to know that within the [Family] function, if a family member possesses a hidden talent and their loyalty to Gu Heng reaches 100%, Gu Heng can share that hidden talent with them.

Take Xu Mo's hidden talent, "Koi," for example. The description clearly states that this hidden talent can be shared with her beloved, meaning that Gu Heng can share Xu Mo's boundless good fortune.

It's not about splitting equally, it's about sharing!

It's not about dividing it in half, but rather 1 + 1 = 2!

Luck may seem elusive, but it is closely related to everyone.

Fortune, career, good fortune, destiny...

Everything is fate!

The same opportunity can lead some people to meteoric rises while others suffer the loss of their families and lives; these outcomes are all determined by fate.

When good fortune is on your side, you can achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Lacking good fortune, you'll achieve half the results with twice the effort.

With Xu Mo's "lucky charm" constitution, it's just that no one can discover it. If someone really did discover it, she would probably be fought over by the big families in Hong Kong or the big clans in the southern coastal areas to become their daughter-in-law. They would even fight tooth and nail to get her.

"Is it really that effective?"

Looking at the [Family] function interface, Gu Heng saw that he and Xu Mo had begun to share the hidden talent [Koi], but since fortune is intangible and intangible, he was just very curious.

With that in mind, he decided to give it a try...

(End of this chapter)